Valerie June, Bobby Rush & More In Sun Records Charity Tribute

Valerie June, Bobby Rush, Amy LaVere and Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars are among the artists contributing to Red Hot: A Memphis Celebration of Sun Records.

The album is out on 16 June as the first release by the non-profitmaking Americana Music Society, which exists to foster and support the creation, performance and appreciation of Americana music in Memphis and the MidSouth. LaVere's appearance is particularly appropriate, because when she moved to Memphis, she worked at Sun for a time.

Red Hot pays tribute to the major musical legacy of the Sun label and is co-produced by Dickinson and Tamara Saviano. Her biography of American musical frontiersman Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed Or Caught, was published last October by Texas A&M University Press.